Section 8: General rules of succession in the case of males

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1. 1. Under Section 8 of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, where a male Hindu dies intestate leaving no heir in Class I or Class II of the Schedule, his property devolves:

   A.upon his agnates and cognates simultaneouslyB.upon the Government by escheat under Section 29C.upon his cognates, and failing them upon his agnatesD.upon his agnates, and failing them upon his cognates
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2. 2. In Commissioner of Wealth Tax v. Chander Sen (1986), the Supreme Court held that when a son inherits the separate property of his father under Section 8 of the Hindu Succession Act, 1956, he takes it:

   A.as joint family property, in which his own son gets a right by birthB.in his individual capacity, and not as joint family propertyC.as a limited owner, with his sons as reversioners after his deathD.as karta, so that it becomes joint family property in his hands
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